Nice coat

Why do I wear black wool pants in winter?
Because they are warm for one reason, but unfortunately they are lint magnets - especially in the cold dry air in Michigan.

So there I am, in Sault Ste Marie, in a WalMart bathroom, using my newly purchased roll of sealing tape as a lint roller (try it - it works great!) when a woman comes out of the stall behind me and says, "nice coat."

Side Note: It really is a nice coat - very warm with large fur trimmed hood - perfect for the 20-degrees-below-zero-weather it was that day.
The coat had been Daddy's last Christmas gift to Momma just before he died in April of 2004. Of course I had taken Mom to Penney's that year to help her purchase a new coat, then when we came home, she modeled it and proclaimed to Daddy that was what he had just gotten her for Christmas!!
The next winter, after Momma died, I decided I would wear the coat as a constant reminder of the warmth of Momma and Daddy's love for each other as well as for me.

Okay, back to my story...

Barely turning around, I started to say thanks to the woman, but then immediately noticed that
she was wearing my coat
- well actually it was a coat identical to mine.
I chuckled and commented that "they really are nice coats aren't they?"

As she replied, she pulled her coat closer around herself and said,
"It was my mother's coat. She died last year."

I looked at her and said,
"This was my mother's coat. She died 3 years ago."

Two daughters ~
Two coats ~
Two hearts full of love for the wonderful women who loved them.